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Advent Devotionals

Below is the text  of an Advent devotional I wrote for The Mennonite website blog.  Each day during Advent, The Mennonite will be posting a reflection written by different members from across the MCUSA family.  The reflection below was written for day two of Advent, but all the other daily…

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Gratitude as resistance

  There was a stretch of years in my 20’s when I struggled with whether or not one could be authentically grateful in a world with so much injustice.  The more aware I became, the more tainted were the ‘blessings’ I enjoyed.  Gratitude, it seemed, involved temporarily closing one’s eyes…

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“Voices Raised, Lives Changed”

This coming Sunday, we will be welcoming nearly 40 members of the Illuminati choir who will be sharing special music with us during the service.  The choir is the sacred ensemble associated with the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus.  Approximately once a month, Illuminati shares music at various religious institutions and…

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Hospitality as mission

Yesterday our church building was open from early morning until evening, filled with poll workers volunteering their time to help with the elections, and neighbors taking a break in their day to vote.  I did not have to technically leave work in order to vote.  One more advantage of living…

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Living stones

The last two weeks we have pondered the New Jerusalem at the end of Revelation, and now my thoughts are turning toward present day Jerusalem.  In a week and a half – on Monday, Nov 9, I’ll be flying out to Tel Aviv with a group of 15 other Mennonite…

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